HIST 300 has launched a new partnership with KXRW 99.9 FM in Vancouver to give history students hands-on experience producing short-form radio stories based on historiography and their original research. The project is supported by WSU’s community-engaged scholars funding and includes storytelling workshops with a professional radio show host, mobile recording kits, and opportunities for […]
As part of Latinx Heritage Month, Iván González-Soto served as emcee and delivered a short talk at WSU Vancouver’s recent music festival celebrating Latinx cultures and communities. The event featured live cumbia music by Mango Twist, a performance by Ballet Folklórico de Southwest Washington, and food from the family-owned Buen Apetetito food truck. The event […]
Washington State University history faculty member Dr. Elyssa Ford joined community leaders and educators for a public discussion on the continuing legacy of the American Revolution following a special screening of PBS’s The American Revolution at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in Moscow, Idaho. Hosted by the Latah County Historical Society, the event featured a […]
Alexander Compton’s dissertation “Reinventing the Global Citizen: Afro-Asian Decolonization and the Politics of Integration in Cold War Germany” was recently selected for the inaugural German Studies Association (GSA) / De Gruyter Brill Dissertation Prize. The prize is awarded internationally for the best dissertation in German Studies completed in the last two years.
Elyssa Ford published a piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer with Rebecca Scofield (University of Idaho) about Dolly Parton: https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/dolly-parton-tolerance-9-5-coat-many-colors-lgbtq-20260910.html
Jesse Spohnholz recently co-edited a Special Issue of the Sixteenth Century Journal, titled “The Loose Ends of History.” His conceptual and methodological essay (with Carina Johnson) framing that collection is “The Loose Ends of History: Unraveling the Archive and Re-Weaving Narratives of the Early Modern.”
On Wednesday through Sunday, May 27th-30th, Robert Franklin, Kyley Canion Brewer and Alison Moon (MA, ’25) participated in the Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) 2026 “Columbia River Plateau” conference held in Walla Walla, WA. The VAF is focused on a broad interpretation of the built environment and how people use buildings and landscapes and is comprised […]
Nik Overtoom has accepted an offer from Oxford University Press to act as co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Ancient Parthia. This is the first such study of the Parthians, drawing on new research from forty contributors. Also, he was interviewed by the Legacies of Ancient Persia podcast in recognition of his recent book publication, The Parthians […]
The Hanford History Project has hired four WSU History Graduate Students for internships this summer, working under Assistant Professor Robert Franklin.
Andra Chastain gave a keynote lecture at the Institute of Historical Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) on May 7 in Mexico City. The title of the talk was “El aire urbano: Hacia una historia cultural de la contaminación atmosférica en tres ciudades de las Américas,” and a recording can be accessed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW7NwF27MKY&t=579s